Hadith 97

‘written material’, meaning the ceramic’. He said in ‘Jamie Al-Asoul’, ‘Al-Bukhari and Al-Tirmizi extracted it, and this report has been reported in ‘Al-Istiyaab’ from Ibn Shihad, from Ubeyd Bin Al-Saabik, from Zayd Bin Sabit, and it is reported by Al-Bukhari, and Al-Tirmizi, and author of ‘Jamie Al-Asoul’ in the mentioned place from Al-Zuhry, from Anas Bin Malik, ‘Huzeyfa Bin Al-Yaman came to Usman, and he was sending a military expedition to the people of Syria to conquer Armenia and Azerbaijan with the people of Al-Iraq. Huzeyfa was alarmed at their differing in the Quran. Huzeyfa said to Usman, ‘O commander of the faithful! Apprehend this community before they differ regarding the Book, the differing of the Jews and the Christians! ’
Usman sent a message to Huzeyfa, ‘Send the Quran to us we can copy it in the pages, then we shall return it to you! ’ He sent it to him. He ordered Zayd Bin Sabit and Abdullah Bin Al-Zubeyr, and Saeed Bin Aas, and Abdul Rahman Bin Haris Bin Hisham. They copied it in the pages. And Usman said to a group of Quraysh, ‘Whenever you and Zayd Bin Sabit differ regarding anything from the Quran, write it in the tongue (language) of Quraysh for it has been Revealed in their language! ’
They did so until when they had copied the Quran in the pages, Usman returned the Quran to Hafsa and send a (copy of the) Quran to every outskirt, from what they had copied, and he ordered with whatever Quran was besides that in every page or pages to be burned. Ibn Shihab said, ‘And Kharjah Bin Zayd Bin Sabit informed me. He said, ‘I missed out a Verse from Surah Al Ahzaab when the Quran was copied. I had heard Rasool-Allah-saww recite it. I searched for it and found it being with Khuzeyma Bin Sabit Al-Ansari: From the Momineen there are men who ratified what they made a pact with Allah upon. [33: 23], so I joined it in its chapter from the Quran’. He said, ‘And in a report by Abu Al-Yaman Khuzeyma Bin Sabit is which Rasool-Allah-saww made his-saww testimony as being testimony of two men’. He said, ‘And there is an increase in another report. Ibn Shihab said, ‘On that day they differed regarding the word ‘Al-Tabout’. Zayd said, ‘Al-Tabouta’, and Ibn Al-Zubeyr and Saeed Bin Al-Aas said, ‘Al-Tabout’. Their differing was raised to Usman. He said, ‘Write ‘Al-Tabout’ for it is language of Quraysh’. He said in ‘Jamie Al-Asoul’, ‘Al-Bukhari and Al-Tirmizi have extracted it, and Al-Tirmizi has added, ‘Al-Zuhry said, ‘Ubeydullah Bin Abdullah informed me that Abdullah Bin Masoud disliked Zayd Bin Sabit copying the Quran, and he said, ‘O community of Muslims! Avoid copying the Quran and by Allah-azwj, the man in charge of it had become a Muslim and he is in the loins of a Kafir! ’, intending Zayd Bin Sabit. And for that reason, Abdullah Bin Masoud said, ‘O people of Al-Iraq! Conceal the Qurans which are in your possessions and turn it into advantage, for Allah-azwj Exalted Says: and the one who embezzles will bring what he had embezzled with him on the Day of Qiyamah [3: 161], and meet Allah-azwj with the Qurans! ’
Al-Tirmizi said, ‘It reached me that the words of Ibn Masoud were disliked by men from the meritorious companions of Rasool-Allah-saww’. And it is reported by Al-Bukhari and Muslim Bin Hajjaj and Al-Tirmizi in their books, and it is mention in ‘Jamie Al-Asoul’, from Anas. He said, ‘The Quran was collected in the era of Rasool-Allah-saww by four (persons), all of them being from the Helpers – Ubay Bin Ka’ab, and Muaz Bin Jabal, and Abu Zayd, and Zayd, meaning Zayd Ibn Sabit’. I said to Anas, ‘Who is Abu Zayd? ’ He said, ‘One of my cousins’. And it is reported by Al-Bukhari in another report from Anas who said, ‘The Prophet-saww died and the Quran was not collected except by four – Abu Al-Darda’a, and Muaz Bin Jabal, and Zayd Bin Sabit, and Abu Zayd’. And it is reported by Al-Bukhari, from Ibn Abbas. He said, ‘I collected the Decisive in the era of Rasool-Allah-saww’. I said to him, ‘And what is the Decisive? ’ He said, ‘The preferred’’.